Michael S. Parker

Comparison of Limnological Characteristics and Distribution and Abundance of Littoral Macroinvertebrates and Zooplankton in Fishbearing and Fishless ... Technical Report Nps / Klmn / Nrtr?2008/116) Michael S. Parker

The stocking of nonnative fishes into lakes of Lassen Volcanic National Park (LVNP) was discontinued in the late 1970s and many lakes have since returned to a fishless condition. Due to a lack of comprehensive surveys, however, present fish distributions were largely unknown as were impacts of fish predation on native biota. Here we present results of a study examining the distribution of introduced fishes and their ongoing effects on littoral macroinvertebrate and zooplankton assemblages among larger (>2 m deep), natural lakes and ponds likely to have been stocked in the past.